Definition of prick

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Prick (n.) To affect with sharp pain; to sting, as with remorse..

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Pricklouse :: Pricklouse (n.) A tailor; -- so called in contempt.
Prick :: Prick (v. i.) To become sharp or acid; to turn sour, as wine..
Xanthoxylum :: Xanthoxylum (n.) A genus of prickly shrubs or small trees, the bark and rots of which are of a deep yellow color; prickly ash..
Acanthaceous :: Acanthaceous (a.) Armed with prickles, as a plant..
Qualm :: Qualm (n.) A prick or scruple of conscience; uneasiness of conscience; compunction.
Prick :: Prick (n.) To run a middle seam through, as the cloth of a sail..
Prick :: Prick (n.) To drive a nail into (a horse's foot), so as to cause lameness..
Pricker :: Pricker (n.) One who spurs forward; a light horseman.
Prick :: Prick (n.) To mark or denote by a puncture; to designate by pricking; to choose; to mark; -- sometimes with off.
Point :: Point (n.) That which pricks or pierces; the sharp end of anything, esp. the sharp end of a piercing instrument, as a needle or a pin..
Prick :: Prick (v.) That which pricks, penetrates, or punctures; a sharp and slender thing; a pointed instrument; a goad; a spur, etc.; a point; a skewer..
Cactus :: Cactus (n.) Any plant of the order Cactacae, as the prickly pear and the night-blooming cereus. See Cereus. They usually have leafless stems and branches, often beset with clustered thorns, and are mostly natives of the warmer parts of America..
Pungent :: Pungent (v. t.) Prickly-pointed; hard and sharp.
Three-coat :: Three-coat (a.) Having or consisting of three coats; -- applied to plastering which consists of pricking-up, floating, and a finishing coat; or, as called in the United States, a scratch coat, browning, and finishing coat..
Prickpunch :: Prickpunch (n.) A pointed steel punch, to prick a mark on metal..
Point :: Point (n.) The mark made by the end of a sharp, piercing instrument, as a needle; a prick..
Pungent :: Pungent (v. t.) Causing a sharp sensation, as of the taste, smell, or feelings; pricking; biting; acrid; as, a pungent spice..
Acicula :: Acicula (n.) One of the needlelike or bristlelike spines or prickles of some animals and plants; also, a needlelike crystal..
Pique :: Pique (v. t.) To excite to action by causing resentment or jealousy; to stimulate; to prick; as, to pique ambition, or curiosity..
Prick :: Prick (v. i.) To aim at a point or mark.
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